AERIALROOT

Aerial root

Aerial roots are roots above the ground. They are almost always adventitious. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes such as orchids, tropical coastal swamp trees such as mangroves, the resourceful banyan trees, the warm-temperate rainforest rātā and pōhutukawa trees of New Zealand and vines like Common Ivy and poison ivy .

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aerial root

Noun

  1. Any adventitious root that grows from a plant stem above ground.


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